Word Meaning 見上げる

大空を見上げる。

I look up at the sky.

見上げると彼が入って来た。

Looking up, I saw him come in.

島村は宿の玄関で若葉の匂いの強い裏山を見上げると、それに誘われるように荒っぽく登って行った。

Shimamura, while he was in the inn's entrance, looked at the nearby mountain bathed in the strong smell of fresh leaves and went to climb the mountain as if drawn by this smell.

星空を見上げると、音もしないで何匹も蝙蝠が飛んでいる。その姿は見えないが、瞬間瞬間光を消す星の工合から、気味の悪い畜類の飛んでいるのが感じられるのである。

If you look up at the starry sky, you'll find many bats on the wing, making not a sound. You can't quite make them out, but, from the way the stars disappear moment by moment, you can sense their eerily flying about.